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Stunning Ajoite inclusions in Quartz from Messina Mine, Limpopo, South Africa.

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Gem Beryl var. Aquamarine. Murzinka mine, Russia. 20.85 gram. 10.7 cm. Available at https://www.goldenhourminerals.com

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🐬 Blue isn’t the most common color in minerals, and especially this shade of turquoise blue stands out. Blue Ajoite included Quartz with native copper, black tenorite, and colorless needles (could be colorless Ajoite). This crystal is from Messina Mine, late 1980s-early 1990s production. The cluster of needles in 3-5 colors is classic for Messina, and most crystals (like this one) had a thick crust that required polishing the faces. A fantastic collector’s piece that’s available! Dm for details.

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U hav an Ajoite oc? I think they're so interesting :0

Nope, but I tried sketching one! It's very messy and clothes may just be a placeholder until I think of better ones.

I always loved these sharp transparent gems. They remind me of this one gem I have that washes away with water...

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Todays Pixel Dailies prompt is Quartz I found this super neat type of quartz while poking around called AJoite Quartz, check it out!

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Ajoite (/ɑːhoaɪt/) is a hydrated sodium potassium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide mineral. Ajoite has the chemical formula (Na,K)Cu7AlSi9O24(OH)6·3H2O,[6] and minor Mn, Fe and Ca are usually also present in the structure. Ajoite is used as a minor ore of copper.

In August 1941 Harry Berman[7] of Harvard University was collecting at Ajo, in Pima County, Arizona, US. He found specimens of dark blue shattuckite, together with a bluish green mineral which he suspected was a new species. Berman and W. T. Schaller had planned to collaborate on the investigation of this mineral, together with other known copper silicate minerals, but Berman died in a plane crash in 1944, aged 42, before this study was done. It was not until 1958 that Schaller, together with Angelina Vlisidis (both of the US Geological Survey) studied the greenish mineral and determined that it was indeed a new species. They named it "ajoite" (pronounced ah-hoe-ite) after the place where it had been found.[8]

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